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Avoiding “Slop” in Customer Experience

Avoiding “Slop” in Customer Experience

Jun 4, 2026 | AI, Call Center, Contact Center, Customer Experience, Customer Service, Leadership, Quality Management, The Edge of Service

AI is transforming customer experience by delivering faster service, better insights, and personalized interactions. But there’s a growing risk of “slop” (i.e., friction, loss of trust, and organizational debt) when speed and automation take priority over thoughtful...
How to Get Your Team On Board with AI (What Actually Works)

How to Get Your Team On Board with AI (What Actually Works)

May 13, 2026 | AI, Call Center, Contact Center, Customer Experience, Customer Service, The Edge of Service

If you’re introducing or deepening AI’s involvement with your customer service employees, you’re probably running into some hesitation with AI adoption. And honestly, that hesitation makes sense. They are asking themselves: Is this going to make my job harder? Replace...
3 Contact Center Trends Few Saw Coming

3 Contact Center Trends Few Saw Coming

Apr 29, 2026 | AI, Call Center, Contact Center, Customer Service, Leadership, The Edge of Service

The headlines are screaming lots of messages. But what’s actually happening in contact centers? And what do leaders need to be paying attention to now? Here are three important trends that few saw coming. 1. Workloads in most contact centers are growing. This is the...
CX Transformation Success Principles

CX Transformation Success Principles

Mar 26, 2025 | Customer Experience, Leadership, The Edge of Service

Customer experience transformation is characterized by continuous improvement and change. However, as a discipline, CX isn’t defined by a single methodology that guides all activities. Far from it. Talk to 10 experienced practitioners and each will each share their...
Powerful Lessons in Innovation

Powerful Lessons in Innovation

Oct 8, 2024 | Customer Experience, Customer Service, Leadership, Organization and Culture, Quality Management, The Edge of Service

Recently, I got to live out a lifelong dream of mine. The experience taught me some unexpected and powerful lessons on innovation and quality. The innovation that occurred in the life of the Spitfire was dramatic: over 24 variants produced in only 10 years! How...
What’s Happening with Contact Center Workload?

What’s Happening with Contact Center Workload?

Jul 2, 2024 | AI, Call Center, Contact Center, Customer Access Strategy, Customer Service, Leadership, Multi-channel Support, Organization and Culture, The Edge of Service

What’s happening with contact center workload? Is the work handled by agents declining as AI capabilities become more robust and prevalent? Are calls being supplanted by digital channels and self-service? These are important questions—the answers will impact your...
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